Indeed, Happy Saturnalia. Thursday is the *BIG* day. At work 15 of us are going party together at lunch time.

That evening there will be a house warming party as my son moved into a house (and immediately, invited a couple to move in, too.)

Not sure just *what* we are going to "sacrifice".. we will wait and see.

A woman I know skipped early morning sleep today, ate chocolate for lunch, took "Uber" to head to work. Half way through town she had him make a power left turn into Seton Hospital, ending up hospitalized with wires all over her and jabbed with a needle from which every few hours they extract blood. THAT sounds pretty close to a bloody sacrifice.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Our Amiga club Christmas party was over the top for Austin, TX. We got snow! on December 7.. it was *not* predicted, making it all the more exciting.

_________________..effects of civilization upon...nature, the growing gap between what education was supposed to accomplish and what it consisted of, the national debt and...high taxes, the problem of the excess cost of medical care -- Philip Wylie, 1951